Getting up at 4 for the last couple of weeks seems to be sapping my gumption….or is it just old age. Hmmm….not sure. Either way, I wasn’t into writing anything; just got caught up in the “holiday feeling” – dining with friends, a little cycling, some wine and, oh yes, the occasional beer (it is the holiday weekend after all).
For a holiday weekend, the weather has been wonderful: hot, dry and wind-free. But for a bander it has been the doldrums with the last of the migrants flying over southern Ontario, speeding to their nesting grounds well to the north. So our catches have been decidedly unspectacular and, for the many visitors we’ve had, disappointing. Oh well, with Mother Nature you take what you get.
May 20th; Banded 28:
3 Great Crested Flycatchers
3 Eastern Kingbirds
5 Gray Catbirds
1 Cedar Waxwing
2 Yellow Warblers
3 Magnolia Warblers
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Ovenbird
3 Common Yellowthroats
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
2 Song Sparrows
2 American Goldfinches
ET’s: 55 spp.
May 21st: Banded 38:
1 Mourning Dove
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Tree Swallow
1 Blue Jay
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 House Wren
1 Veery
1 Wood Thrush
5 Gray Catbirds
1 Cedar Waxwing
1 Warbling Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
1 Blue-winged Warbler
7 Yellow Warblers
3 Common Yellowthroats
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
1 Chipping Sparrow
1 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Baltimore Oriole
1 House Finch
1 Pine Siskin
3 American Goldfinches
ET’s: 69 spp.
May 22nd:; Banded 19:
2 Blue Jays
2 Gray Catbirds
1 Cedar Waxwing
3 Yellow Warblers
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 Northern Cardinal
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Indigo Buntings
2 Song Sparrows
4 American Goldfinches
ET’s: 60 spp.
May 23rd: Banded 16:
1 Mourning Dove
1 Eastern Wood Pewee
1 Eastern Kingbird
1 American Robin
1 Gray Catbird
3 Yellow Warblers
1 Magnolia Warbler
2 Indigo Buntings
1 Song Sparrow
1 Common Grackle
3 American Goldfinches
ET’s: 62 spp.
Photo Gallery:
Rick